Second World War public air raid shelter in the parking or garden area of the Pelham Arms public house, situated on the south side of the junction of Old Road West with Perry Street, Gravesend. It appears to have been a brick surface shelter with a flat concrete roof, of unknown capacity. It probably originated in 1939/40 and lasted in use until 1945, to be demolished in 1946. No other information is known.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Shelter not extant
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 23/02/07

Gravesend's civil defence authority, Contemporary but undated plan of the air raid shelters (Unpublished document). SKE14056.

Gravesend's civil defence authority, Contemporary but undated plan of the air raid shelters (Unpublished document). Ske14056.

Gravesend Council, 21/06/45, Minutes of the Watch Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE14057.

Gravesend Council, 21/06/45, Minutes of the Watch Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske14057.